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Keypitcher – Free Max for Live Effect to Change Transposition with a MIDI Keyboard

This Max for Live effect isn’t brand new, but certainly worth mentioning. One thing you can easily do on drum machines, but not so much natively in Live is tuning individual drum sounds on the fly. This is where Keypitcher

June 12, 2015

Your Discarded Ideas Are a Treasure Trove

One of the things that is vitally important in music production is the ability to edit. To discard anything that doesn’t improve the song or track, regardless of how long you’ve spent on the part. The sounds or ideas might

June 10, 2015

Oblique Strategies No. 33

Do the first thing that pops into your head.

Prompts or constraints to foster creativity.

June 8, 2015

Ableton Live Insider Tips: Troubleshooting MIDI

Have you ever encountered any issues with MIDI? Then you know how frustrating it can be when you’re trying to figure out what’s wrong. This tutorial shows you where in Ableton Live you can see if MIDI data is sent

June 4, 2015

LTC-1 – Free Ableton Live Track and Transport Control Made With Max for Live and Lemur for iPad

Recently I’ve been reviewing quite a few touchscreen controllers for Ableton Live. LTC-1, a new and free controller for Live comprised of a Max for Live device and a Lemur project by DSRT Sound, takes a decidedly different approach. There

June 3, 2015

Free Max for Live Remote Controls for Hardware Synths & Drum Machines

By now there are quite a few remote control devices available for all kinds of hardware synths and drum machines. The ones listed here are all free and built with Max for Live. They all require Live 9 and Max

May 29, 2015

Conductr 2 – Intuitive iPad Controller for Ableton Live and Traktor

It’s been a while since my last review of Conductr and since then it’s really grown up. The initially four modules for Ableton Live were expanded upon with the Claydr MIDI Keyboard and XY-4D Pad. With the latest update the

May 28, 2015